A modest proposal: filter for new users. During registration, ask them to write a little about their trading background in around 300 words, in a...
See @garachen
Or worse, take more than they ever need, could ever reasonably spend, step on toes, ignore warnings, and end up forfeiting the lot and spending a...
Two years and two thousand posts later - painful to see how worse off you are. Just reading through your posts on this thread - so many faulty...
documentation no matter what browser I try - Are you getting those irritating "access denied" messages? Likely network based rather than a fault...
http://www.cmegroup.com/confluence/display/EPICSANDBOX/Cancel+on+Disconnect
Mentioned this before: GBP funds domestically to IB, convert to USD, then USD by ACH/FCM-to-FCM transfer.
Doesn't need a book. It has been stated concisely: "trading psychology = be calm when losing money. That's it." @garachen
This puzzles me. If they have been rich for a long time, even if they have inherited their wealth, they know about being a good steward of money....
Yes. Instead of seeking money, people ought to seek to develop a nuanced understanding. With the wisdom to intelligently direct their consistent...
Ahh, same for me. Worked as recently as a few months ago. Really useful visualization I thought. Can poke about in the code here:...
Or use: https://oscar6echo.github.io/VIX_Futures_Market_d3/
Accounts A/ B +500 / -200 Net long 300. Market moves up 6 Sell 300 in A to go flat. +200 / -200 Market moves up 2 Account B has been short 200 for...
It does help obfuscate your trading. Lets say you have margin for 500 minis and your desired position is 300. (and remember margin is only...
MTrader: see give up / take up clearing arrangements. Also transfer of positions between FCMs is possible. Lets say you have two accounts which...
That is more difficult to find and far more valuable than money. Delighted for you.
Someone whom I suspect was one of the first to discover this trade told a great story here at ET. The lesson is that your clearing firm will try...
Your exposure should be zero when you don't know what you're doing. And when you find something that works very well, you should be pressing it as...
I think what you write is true. Human nature to over-complicate. We impose our own view of what trading should be on the market. And this can have...
I would think the biggest concern is "impostor syndrome". Without them having done all the work to solve the puzzle of trading successfully, it...
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